Can we eat our way out of climate change? If we all became vegans could we eliminate livestock and put a big dent in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions? Those are just some of the questions Dr. Sara Place tackles daily in her job as Elanco Animal Health's chief sustainability officer. Earlier this week, Place joined... Read More
Category: Crops
The grain markets offered farmers a gift this fall with a harvest rally. While highs may have been locked in for some crops already, there is still plenty to talk about ahead of the busy shipping season. For this episode of RealAg LIVE!, stand-in host Kara Oosterhuis is joined by Chuck Penner, founder of LeftField... Read More
Building on their existing partnership, Bosch and xarvio Digital Farming Solutions, owned by BASF, have started a joint venture to globally market and sell digital farming solutions from a single source. The joint venture agreement will result in the founding of a new company based at Cologne, Germany, beginning next year. The partnership will marry... Read More
The Alberta Crop Protection Guide — or as it's more commonly known throughout the province, "The Blue Book" — will now be produced by Alberta Wheat Commission, Alberta Barley, Alberta Canola, and Alberta Pulse Growers, says Erin Tateson, communications manager for Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions in the Grain Exchange newsletter. The four major crop... Read More
If your wheat looks tough but the neighbour's doesn't, it's time to sit down and try and figure out what impact your own management is having on your fields. That's just one take-home message from this week's Wheat Pete's Word. Host Peter Johnson explains what the likely culprits are of purple, red, and yellow wheat,... Read More
Post-harvest is a great time to begin planning for next year's canola crops, and a good time to evaluate how the growing season went. Choosing the right canola hybrid for your fields is an important decision, and there are more than a few things to consider. In this episode of the Canola School, Nate Ort,... Read More
You can bake them, fry them, roast them, or boil them, sure, but before potatoes make it to your table, this crop requires some serious agronomic knowledge to grow. For this episode of RealAg's LIVE! stand-in host Kara Oosterhuis is joined by agronomist Ryan Barrett, with the PEI Potato Board. From disease risk, to acidic... Read More
Protein Industries Canada (PIC) has announced a new partnership with the goal of opening new markets for pulse-based proteins and increasing the functionality of these ingredients. Ingredion Inc., Ingredion Plant Based Protein Specialties, located at Vanscoy, Sask., O.M.D. Food Products, Verdient Foods, and T Base 4 Investments have formed a consortium to focus on commercializing... Read More
The growth of Bt resistant corn rootworm in the U.S. and now Ontario has many growers asking if the traits they purchase to defend their corn crop will stand up against the pest. It's a question Dan Wright and other seed industry executives are hearing more often these days. But Wright, Syngenta Canada's head of... Read More
Nitrogen use drives growth and crop yield — it's also expensive and prone to being lost from the soil. There's so many combinations of the right rate, place, form, and time, that nitrogen management is always a hot topic for discussion. This episode of The Agronomists features Greg Stewart, lead agronomist of Maizex Seeds, and... Read More